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facilitate

[fuh-sil-i-tayt] / fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt /




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It also became the ultimate beneficiary of the Graham dinner meeting, picking up the contract Graham allegedly agreed to facilitate that night.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

It should be a fair process, he said, “so that people aren’t surprised and the city knows that they’re responsible through their own signage to facilitate the transition of these people into housing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Treasury Department recently said that it was made aware that “several eligible donors who would not otherwise make cash contributions are prepared to facilitate contributions of appreciated stock.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Draper pushed successfully for reducing the amount of subsidies in financing provided by the Ex-Im Bank to facilitate U.S. exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Rather, he would quietly appoint a committee to deliberate for eternity over exactly which door, and of what dimensions, would best facilitate the ingress and egress of all students.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

In statements, Denver and Boston public school districts said they are committed to helping students and teachers navigate AI in a way that facilitates learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency says it facilitates clinical research, but it is still too early to know whether psychedelic treatments might one day become routinely available.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Laurent Schwartz, president of the Paris-based National Gold Counter, which facilitates gold trading in France, said central banks had been moving their reserves around for about a decade.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

"However, our data show that water mainly facilitates mantle melting. The key factor for high gold concentrations is the high - and in part repeated - degree of melting."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Usually, linguistic change is a crucial marker of a modification in the way in which people think—it both facilitates that change and makes it easier for us to recognize it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Agents wanted Kao to help them find more records that would back up his account and asked him to point them toward lobbyists in D.C. who he said facilitated the pay-for-play scheme.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The app features a generous free usage option along with paid subscription tiers, and Meta plans eventually to monetize the agent by taking a cut of sales facilitated by the agent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

In Saudi prisons, inmates on death row typically lose access to personal mobile devices, with formal calls strictly facilitated through prison authorities.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The investigation found Leonard received $66 million in cash and equity from four companies facilitated by Ballmer and Clippers executives at the behest of Dennis Robertson, Leonard’s uncle and then-agent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Matters are also facilitated when the prince, having no other dominions to govern, is constrained to come to live there in person.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Experts have also pointed to land-clearing practices used to make room for plantations as another factor facilitating the spread of wildfires in Indonesia, with naturally fire-resistant forests replaced by less dense and shaded vegetation.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Are they happening together or not? At which molecular site? And how is the water network facilitating the proton hop?"

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

It does still bar them from knowingly or recklessly facilitating such sales, and it requires them to take “reasonable measures” to prevent them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

By facilitating an open conversation that nails down the details of your offer, you can provide for your great-nephew and avoid friction with your wife.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

It is at this point—and at only this point—that we can say that the work of Galileo and his pupils on water flow had finally paid off by facilitating a markedly improved practical technology.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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